Leah Lawrence

Patients with stage III colon cancer who consumed at least two servings of nuts per week had significantly reduced risk for recurrence and death.

Treatment with the combination of the MEK inhibitor binimetinib and the BRAF inhibitor encorafenib resulted in a superior progression-free survival for patients with advanced, unresectable BRAF-mutated melanoma compared with treatment with encorafenib alone.

Adjuvant gefitinib significantly prolonged time to recurrence compared with the standard of care for patients with NSCLC with EGFR-activating mutations.

The implementation of the Affordable Care Act, which increased insurance coverage, was associated with an increase in the diagnosis of several screenable cancers at an earlier stage.

Combination treatment with pembrolizumab, pomalidomide, and low-dose dexamethasone resulted in durable responses in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

More than one-third of patients with metastatic uveal melanoma had objective tumor regression when treated with adoptive transfer of autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.

There is considerable value in having achieved a minimal residual disease negativity for pediatric and adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The US Preventive Services Task Force recently issued an updated statement recommending against screening for thyroid cancer in asymptomatic adults.

Exposure to harmful environmental factors was linked with cancer incidence across the United States.

Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome undergoing a reduced–intensity conditioning regimen prior to allogeneic stem-cell transplantation had similar 2-year survival outcomes as patients who underwent myeloablative conditioning.

Female survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia were at risk for neurocognitive impairment and were more susceptible to the effects of sleep disturbance and fatigue compared with their male counterparts.

The use of nephron-sparing surgery to treat stage I renal tumors increased between 2009 to 2013 in Australia, showing increased compliance with international guidelines.

Increased consumption of Italian-style coffee appeared to have a protective effect against prostate cancer in a large observational study.

Results of a new study suggest that breast cancer–related lymphedema is strongly associated with multimodality treatment, including chemotherapy, and not axillary node surgery alone.

Trimodality therapy achieved improved locoregional control among a cohort of women with nonmetastatic inflammatory breast cancer.

The higher prostate cancer death rates seen among black men in the United States may be due to a higher incidence of preclinical disease and higher risk of metastatic progression, suggesting that different screening policies could benefit this population.

Women who undergo bilateral mastectomy for the treatment of DCIS may be overtreated, according to the results of a new study.

A subset of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma experienced a reduction in tumor size after undergoing postprogression treatment with nivolumab.

Maintenance lenalidomide significantly prolonged progression-free survival in elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who responded to first-line R-CHOP.

Administration of autologous HER2-specific CAR-modified virus specific T Cells was safe and had clinical benefit for some patients with progressive glioblastoma, a disease with limited effective therapeutic options.

Single-agent use of blinatumomab resulted in anti-leukemic activity in patients with tyrosine kinase inhibitor–relapsed or refractory Philadelphia chromosome positive B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

From 1983 to 2007, the incidence of renal-malignancy end-stage renal disease has greatly increased, according to the results of a study.

Global inequities in childhood leukemia survival have narrowed in recent years but still persist, according to data from CONCORD-2.

Combined treatment with lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone plus transplantation significantly delayed progression in patients with multiple myeloma.

A study has identified several characteristics that can help detect seborrheic keratosis–like melanomas using dermoscopy, which can help to diagnose melanoma.

In Oregon, the number of physician-aided dying prescriptions has increased annually since the passing of the state’s Death with Dignity Act in 1997.

Oropharyngeal small-cell carcinoma was more likely to present as distant disease and was associated with worse survival outcomes compared with squamous cell carcinoma, according to new research.

Low pretreatment disease burden improved durability of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Adjuvant chemotherapy is underutilized in elderly patients with stage III colon cancer, despite improved long-term survival after treatment.

The combination of an intratumoral injection of CVA21 and ipilimumab has demonstrated durable response with minimal toxicity in patients with advanced melanoma.